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▓ Metrotown is a town centre serving the southwest quadrant of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres, as well as one of Metro Vancouver's regional town centres.[3] It is the central business district of the City of Burnaby.
As officially defined by the City of Burnaby, the town centre is bounded on the west by Boundary Road (taking in Central Park), on the south by Imperial Street, on the east by Royal Oak Avenue, and on the north by a series of local streets (Thurston, Bond, Grange and Dover streets),[5] giving an area of 2.97 km2 (730 acres).[6][7] Kingsway forms the central commercial spine for the neighbourhood, and is paralleled to the south by the SkyTrain tracks running alongside Central Boulevard.
The area is served by Patterson and Metrotown SkyTrain stations, while Royal Oak station sits just beyond the southeastern limits of the district. The area is characterised by its many high rise commercial and residential buildings.
▓ Metrotown station was built in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system, on what is now known as the Expo Line. An overhead walkway, spanning Central Boulevard and the bus loop, to the Eaton Centre shopping centre (now Metropolis at Metrotown) was added to the station in 1989.[citation needed] Originally, the loop was open-air and connected to the station via an at-grade street crossing.
The station was originally designed as a suburban station serving residential neighbourhoods and local transit connections. It experienced a major traffic increase due to the opening of nearby shopping centres and the redevelopment of the neighbourhood, leading to passenger loads and circulation surpassing the design capacity of the original station.
In 2007, TransLink established plans for a major retrofit and redesign of the station to improve passenger flow and increase station capacity.[4] Construction began in February 2015, with an estimated cost of $55.5 million, jointly funded by the federal, provincial and municipal governments.
On November 15, 2016, TransLink closed and partially dismantled the pedestrian overpass in preparation for work required in rebuilding the east stationhouse. The closure led to criticism and extra travel time for many passengers.[7][8][9] A new footbridge, to be funded entirely by the City of Burnaby, is included in Burnaby's 2019–2023 Capital Plan, released May 2019.[6][10][2] The plan allocates a total of $17.25 million over 4 years towards its construction but does not specify a completion date for the project.
The centre stationhouse opened to the public on March 24, 2017, and features new stairs and elevators. On July 24, 2017, the west stationhouse opened, featuring four escalators.
The rebuilt east stationhouse opened on March 19, 2018, and—like the west stationhouse—it also features four escalators.[13] Upon completion of the third phase, the station has a total of eight escalators, three elevators as well as stairs to and from platform level.
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